Income Inequality in OECD Countries:What are the Drivers and Policy Options?

Edited by Peter Hoeller, Isabelle Joumard and Isabell Koske

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive review of income inequality issues in the OECD in a cross-country setting. It presents a wealth of data and analysis on the formation of inequality and identifies groups of countries that share similar inequality patterns. It also reviews developments at the extremes of the income distribution, namely poverty, top incomes as well as the distribution of wealth. An important contribution of the book is the careful examination of the determinants of the income distribution, such as globalisation and technical progress as well as the effect of a wide range of economic policies that shape the distribution of income. These include in particular labour market regulations, household taxes and transfers as well as in-kind public services. It also sheds light on an under-researched issue: do policies aimed at boosting economic growth raise or reduce income inequality?

Keywords: Labour Income Inequality; Disposable Income Inequality; Poverty; Top Incomes; Wealth Distribution; Education; Labour Market Institutions; Product Market Regulation; Globalization; Technological Change; Redistribution Through Taxes and Transfers; Quantile Regressions; Cluster Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9789814518512
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 INTRODUCTION , pp 1-12

Peter Hoeller and Mauro Pisu

Ch 2 MAPPING INCOME INEQUALITY ACROSS THE OECD , pp 13-42

Peter Hoeller, Isabelle Joumard, Mauro Pisu and Debbie Bloch

Ch 3 THE DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR INCOME , pp 43-84

Isabell Koske, Jean-Marc Fournier and Isabelle Wanner

Ch 4 INCOME REDISTRIBUTION VIA TAXES AND TRANSFERS , pp 85-134

Isabelle Joumard, Mauro Pisu and Debbie Bloch

Ch 5 POVERTY , pp 135-161

Mauro Pisu

Ch 6 TOP INCOMES , pp 163-179

Peter Hoeller

Ch 7 THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH , pp 181-206

Kaja Bonesmo Fredriksen

Ch 8 CONCLUSION: GROWTH-ENHANCING POLICIES AND INEQUALITY , pp 207-222

Isabelle Joumard and Isabell Koske

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